'What is a blood promise?' Finally they ask something useful. I peel the tissues off my hand and show them. A blood promise is a promise that cannot be broken. You have to keep your promise or die trying.  From Felicity Bloomfield's "Blood" Blood Promises and Other Commitments contains three stories about unbreakable commitments: to family, to social class, or to the ideal plane. With settings ranging from war-torn East Timor to Reagan-era Utah to Prerevolutionary Russia, the stories in Blood Promises tell of unique characters paying the price of devotion.

Blood Promises and Other Commitments

Literature & Fiction

McCormick, William Burton

Snowden, Jim

Bloomfield, Felicity

Humor & Satire

MMIP Books

Review\n"If you love a suspenseful story, told with great skill, then you're definitely going to want to read this one." —Steve Berry, New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of The Amber Room and The Romanov Prophecy 
"KGB Banker is the espionage thriller at its finest. Timely and suspenseful, McCormick and Christmas use their wealth of experience in Eastern Europe to craft a pulse-pounding tale of spies, assassins, and financial corruption ripped straight from today's headlines. Santa Ezeriņa may be the best action heroine in years. A must read, destined to be a bestseller." —Robert Dugoni, New York Times bestselling author of The Eighth Sister and The Last Agent 
"Dark crimes, cool twists, and an even cooler reporter who just can't resist danger." —Antony Johnston, New York Times bestselling writer and creator of Atomic Blonde 
"KGB Banker weaves a complex web of deception and double-dealing. William Burton McCormick's and John Christmas's sterling pairing manages to achieve a delicate balance between financial thriller in the vein of Christopher Reich or Joe Finder and all-out chase novel reminiscent of David Morrell at his best. The notion of an American working at a corruption-riddled Russian bank that's part of a plan to reclaim Soviet hegemony is pure literary magic. Not to be missed." —Jon Land, USA Today bestselling author of the Murder, She Wrote and Caitlin Strong novels 
"A deftly written thriller with an insider's view into Eastern Europe. This book lands a death grip on the reader from the first paragraph that doesn't ease up until the last man has fallen. McCormick and Christmas open doors to the world of international banking and political intrigue, with a cast of characters so real you'll swear you've met them and a setting that comes to life. This just might be the international thriller of the year! A definite must read!"—Chris Goff, author of Dark Waters and Red Sky\nA return trip to the land of his ancestors is about to turn deadly for one whistleblowing Chicago banker. 
When financial executive Bob Vanags takes a job at ominous Turaida Bank in Latvia, he hopes to learn of his heritage and to fight economic fraud in Eastern Europe. Instead, Bob finds himself pulled into a world of political intrigue, blackmail, and murder. 
Aided by his son David, his beautiful colleague Agnese, and a fearless Latvian journalist named Santa Ezeriņa, Bob begins to unravel his employer’s darkest secrets, discovering their sins and conspiracies beyond his wildest fears. Secrets that Turaida wants to keep hidden, even at the cost of Bob’s life. 
Now framed for murder by Turaida operatives, Bob must go on the run to clear his name, protect his family, and reveal the plot to the world before governments topple and war ignites in Europe. KGB Banker is a pulse-pounding international thriller spanning the globe from Latvia to Iceland, Moscow to America, Ukraine to the Estonian islands and back again.\nReviews 
“If you love a suspenseful story, told with great skill, then you’re definitely going to want to read this one.” 
Steve Berry, New York Times and #1 Internationally Bestselling Author of THE AMBER ROOM and THE ROMANOV PROPHECY\n“KGB BANKER is the espionage thriller at its finest. Timely and suspenseful, McCormick and Christmas use their wealth of experience in Eastern Europe to craft a pulse-pounding tale of spies, assassins and financial corruption ripped straight from today’s headlines. Santa Ezeriņa may be the best action heroine in years. A must read,. Destined to be a bestseller.” 
Robert Dugoni. New York Times Bestselling author of THE EIGHTH SISTER and THE LAST AGENT\n"Dark crimes, cool twists, and an even cooler reporter who just can't resist danger." 
-Antony Johnston, New York Times Bestselling Writer and Creator of ATOMIC BLONDE\n"KGB Banker weaves a complex web of deception and double-dealing. William Burton McCormick's and John Christmas's sterling pairing manages to achieve a delicate

KGB Banker

Christmas, John

History & Criticism

Milford House Press

Tales of Mystery: The Gravity of Death

Allred, Lee

Jolly, Tom

Henderson, Callum

Kresal, Matthew

Darrow, Lin

Lehman, William

Lord, Steven

Ray, Stetson

Teia, Ed

Short Stories & Anthologies

Inklings Press

Latvia, 1905. Amidst the ashes of the failed workers' rebellions of 1905, Latvian aristocrat Wiktor Rooks finds that he has lost everything: home and heritage, his life's very purpose. Coerced into the Russian Army, Wiktor is soon swept up into the turbulent years of the Great War and Bolshevik Revolution. In the service of his enemies, he finds himself torn between the noble classes of his birth and his new communist masters, between calls for freedom on Baltic shores and waves of oppression radiating from Moscow's centre. By a twist of fate, he becomes a member of the elite Red Riflemen of the Revolution, a regiment nicknamed Lenin's Harem for their absolute loyalty to the cause. Wiktor adapts to his situation by hiding his aristocratic past. He finds friendship amongst the soldiers and love with a communist girl. When the wars end, he returns to his homeland a different man. But betrayals await in R?ga and Stalin's soldiers are soon knocking on the midnight door... Set in Russia and Latvia between 1905 and 1941, 'Lenin's Harem' is a story of nationhood, brotherhood and love throughout the most turbulent years of the twentieth century. The novel explores identity in a time of changing loyalties, and the search for a just struggle when all causes are tainted by bloodshed and betrayal.

Lenin's Harem

Literary

Knox Robinson Pub

Eight stories selected for summer adventure and travel, with a mechanical elephant, a hidden treasure horde, a unicorn wandering the Old West, a train ride that brings a whole new meaning to time zones, and, of course, just a touch of the Lovecraftian Pastiche. Nonfiction: Interview with Emma Whitehall.

Curiosities #3: Summer 2018 (Curiosities Anthologies)

Frost, Julie

COLLINS, WILKIE

Authors, Various

Bingle, Donald J.

Whitehall, Emma

Fahmy, Yasmine

Southard, Steven R.

Kevin Frost

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